After more than 3,000 miles of travel and dozens of stands and wieners later,Ed, Hawk, and I narrowed it down to 64 contenders. Then, after much discussion, a few tense moments, and a little indigestion, we arrived at a winner. We can't reveal the top dog yet, but for now, here's the bracket.

We'll be rolling out subsequent rounds over the next few days. Update: Here are the 16 contenders in each region ...

East Coast »Midwest »South »West Coast »* Yeah, I know it's a little early to start thinking about the Big Dance, but our friends at Every Day with Rachael Ray just released the initial hot dog bracket seeding.

Adam Kuban is the proprietor of the pop-up Margot's Pizza, which serves bar-style pizza. But you may also know him as the founder of Slice (RIP, 2003–2014) where he has written thousands of blog posts about pizza. He also created A Hamburger Today and served as Serious Eats's founding editor (2006–2010) after having sold those sites to SE.

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